A map showing nineteenth century Asia and Australasia.
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Flinders Explores Australia
Great Britain Begins Colonizing Tasmania
Melbourne, Australia, Is Founded
Clipper Ship Era Begins
Gold Is Discovered in New South Wales
Last Convicts Land in Western Australia
France and Spain Invade Vietnam
Przhevalsky Explores Central Asia
China’s Stele School of Calligraphy Emerges
First Opium War
Chinese Begin Immigrating to California
China’s Taiping Rebellion
Qing Dynasty Confronts the Nian Rebellion
Muslim Rebellions in China
Burlingame Treaty
Scramble for Chinese Concessions Begins
Hay Articulates “Open Door” Policy Toward China
Third Maratha War
British Abolish Suttee in India
First Afghan War
Indian Legislative Council Enacts the Ilbert Bill
Tambora Volcano Begins Violent Eruption
Great Java War
Krakatoa Volcano Erupts
Bahā’īism Takes Form
Perry Opens Japan to Western Trade
Japan’s Meiji Restoration
Japan Expands into Korea
Japan Expands into Korea
Wallace’s Expeditions Give Rise to Biogeography
French Indochina War